The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Grant amounts are adjusted based on AU size —larger AUs are eligible to receive a larger grant amount —to account for the increased financial needs of larger families. As of October 2021 (when the most recent analysis was conducted), about 40  percent of CalWORKs cases included everyone in the family (and thus the AU size and the family size were the same).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Grant amounts are adjusted based on AU size —larger AUs are eligible to receive a larger grant amount —to account for the increased financial needs of larger families. In  about 35  percent of CalWORKs cases, everyone in the family is eligible for CalWORKs and therefore the AU size and the family size are the same.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Grant amounts are adjusted based on AU size —larger AUs are eligible to receive a larger grant amount —to account for the increased financial needs of larger families. As of December 2023 (when the most recent analysis was conducted), about 40  percent of CalWORKs cases included everyone in the family (and thus the AU size and the family size were the same).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - One fee is an annual flat fee of $200. Another fee is assessed on a sliding scale, relative to family income, for respite, day care, and camping services. These two fees have been suspended since March  2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Grant amounts are adjusted based on AU   size —larger  AUs are eligible to receive a larger grant   amount —to  account for the increased financial needs of larger families. As of December 2023, about 40  percent of CalWORKs cases included everyone in the family, making the AU size and the family size the same.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - Placement prior to approval ‑18 ‑11 Maximum duration decreases from 120 days (with possible extension up to 365 days) to 90 days. Transition from 16+ bed STRTPs ‑10 ‑10 One ‑time funding in 2021 ‑22 to support STRTPs determined to be IMDs and therefore no longer eligible for Medicaid federal financial participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Additionally, the spending plan requires that counties replace stolen benefits as soon as administratively feasible, but no more than ten business days after the receipt of the replacement request. Under current law, California will return to reimbursing stolen food benefits using state funds on October 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - One fee was an annual flat fee of $200. Another fee was assessed on a sliding scale relative to family income for respite, day care, and camping services. These two fees were suspended in March  2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Specifically, budget language amends statute to allow state assistance to be provided to emergency caregivers prior to their completion of the RFA process, for up to 120 days (or 365 days in cases where a good cause extension is warranted) on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081